The Development of digital products, such as web apps, mobile apps, and web services go hand in hand with anybody working in the software world. However, some things can not be solved only with code. This talk is a review of the good, the bad, and the ugly experiences we are going to come across when developing a product.
23. IDENTIFY PERSONAS USER INTERVIEWS CONCLUSIONPROBLEM ASSUMPTION
Describe the problem
10 min
➔ Customer needs
➔ Customer desires
➔ The problem you
are solving
24. Provisional Personas
20 to 30 min
IDENTIFY PERSONAS USER INTERVIEWS CONCLUSIONPROBLEM ASSUMPTION
➔ Facts
➔ Problems
➔ Behaviours
➔ Needs & Goals
25. Facts
! Professional
○ Marketing.
○ Development.
○ Management position (number of people he
collaborates with).
○ Describe his role in the workplace.
○ Remote or distributed.
○ Languages.
! Technical
○ Heavy tech user.
○ Mobile or desktop.
○ Number of hours in front of the computer.
○ Tech stack or platforms she prefers
! Gender
○ Male / Female / LGBT.
! Age
! Scholar Degree
27. They are descriptions of the person’s daily activities
that resonate with your proposed solution.
! Interaction with other areas.
! They way they communicate with their peers.
! Perception of value.
! Situations that frustrate them.
! What motivates them to take action.
Behaviours
28. Needs.
! Make his daily activities efficient/fun/collaborative.
! Is essential to his work/life.
! Lacks results from current product or services.
Goals.
! Individual and/or Group.
! Organizational and/or Department.
! Professional and/or Personal.
Needs & Goals
30. User Interviews
15 to 20 min
USER INTERVIEWS CONCLUSIONPROBLEM ASSUMPTION IDENTIFY PERSONAS
➔ Determine user
➔ Channels & Influencers
➔ Goals & Purchase intent
➔ User/Product fit
➔ Context of use
➔ Future use
32. Customer Archetype
! Know them deeply
! Understand their “day”
! Their interests & interactions
Get a complete view
! How can your product improve their activities
! Is it a nice to have or GOT to have
Determine the User
33. Channels
! How they find information
! Natural mediums to the industry
Influencers
! Who is a reference in their perspective
! Decision maker - yes/no
Channels & Influencers
34. Goals
! The need your product meets
! Value from a user’s perspective
! Type of benefit: Time/Money/Social/Performance
Purchase
! Identify sales cycle
! Requirements to make a purchase
Goals & Purchase intent
35. Behaviours
! Determine if they will use your solution
! Hypotheses (guesses) vs Facts
! Data -> what does it mean?
Insights
! Discover other opportunities
! Sizing the opportunity & market
! Existing market or New market
User/Product fit
37. Assumptions
! How they do their job
! User’s share your same problem assumption
! Ask questions to match your assumptions
! Routines
! How a customer spends his day
! Identify their pain points
Context of use
38. Changes in the product & problem
! Use of it during a period of time
! Life expectancy for the solution
! Potential to be a platform
! Missing opportunities
Future Use
41. Conclusion
! This is just the beginning
! You need to prepare for it
! Less than 10 people is just a
focus group
! You need to talk to 5-10 people
each week
! Understanding the problem and
the customer
! Prioritize the features based on
customer needs